Editing Vocative case (section)

===== Second declension =====
The second declension affects nouns with the ending ''{{lang|sh|-a}}''. These are mainly of feminine but sometimes also of masculine gender. These nouns have a vocative suffix ''{{lang|sh|-o}}'': {{lang|sh|riba : ribo}} {{gloss|fish}}, {{lang|sh|sluga : slugo}} {{gloss|servant}}, {{lang|sh|kolega : kolego}} {{gloss|colleague}}, {{lang|sh|poslovođa : poslovođo}} {{gloss|manager}}.

Exemptions to this rule are male and female given names, which have a vocative equal to the nominative, e. g. {{lang|sh|Vera, Zorka, Olga, Marija, Gordana, Nataša, Nikola, Kosta, Ilija}} etc. However, this is different for twosyllabic names with an ascending accent such as female names {{lang|sh|Nâda, Zôra, Mîca, Nêna}} and male names {{lang|sh|Pêra, Bôža, Pâja}}, etc., which form vocatives with ''{{lang|sh|-o}}'': {{lang|sh|Nâdo, Zôro, Mîco, Pêro, Bôžo, Pâjo}}, etc.

Denominations of relatives like {{lang|sh|mama}} {{gloss|mom}}, {{lang|sh|tata}} {{gloss|dad}}, ''{{lang|sh|baba}}'' {{gloss|grandmother}}, {{lang|sh|deda}} {{gloss|grandfather}}, {{lang|sh|tetka}} {{gloss|aunt}} (parent's sister), ''{{lang|sh|ujna}}'' {{gloss|aunt}} (mother's brother's wife), ''{{lang|sh|strina}}'' {{gloss|aunt}} (father's brother's wife) have vocatives equal to the nominative. This also holds true for country names ending in ''{{lang|sh|-ska, -čka, -ška}}''.

Nouns ending with the [[diminutive]] suffix ''-ica'' that consist of three or more syllables have a vocative with ''-e'': ''učiteljica: učiteljice'' "female teacher", ''drugarica: drugarice'' "girlfriend", ''tatica: tatice'' "daddy", ''mamica: mamice'' "mommy". This also applies to female names ''Danica: Danice'', ''Milica: Milice'', ''Zorica: Zorice'', and the male names ''Perica: Perice'', ''Tomica: Tomice''. Nouns of this class that can be applied to both males and females usually have a vocative ending of ''-ico'' (''pijanica: pijanico'' "drunkard", ''izdajica: izdajico'' "traitor", ''kukavica: kukavico'' "coward"), but vocatives with ''-ice'' are also seen.

The use of vocative endings for names varies among Serbo-Croatian dialects. People in [[Croatia]] often use only nominative forms as vocatives, while others are more likely to use grammatical vocatives.<ref name="osobnaimena">{{cite web|url=https://repozitorij.ffos.hr/islandora/object/ffos%3A3127/datastream/PDF/view|title=Vokativ osobnih imena u hrvatskom jeziku|author=Alen Orlić|publisher=[[University of Osijek]]|date=2011|language=hr|access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>